Measuring corset assembly for tailors&#39; shops



June 4, 1963 R. M. JONES 3,09 ,86

MEASURING CORSET ASSEMBLY FOR TAILORS' SHOPS Filed Dec. 28, 1960 UnitedStates Patent 3,091,861 MEASURING CORSET ASSEMBLY FOR TAILORS SHOPSRonald Methuen Jones, Sevres, France, assignor to Belle Jardiniere,Paris, France, a corporation of France Filed Dec. 28, 1960, Ser. No.78,973 Claims priority, application France Jan. 8, 1960 2 Claims. (Cl.33-15) In my application Patent Number 3,067,516 (Serial Number829,714), there is disclosed a corset assembly of the type which is usedin tailors shops for rapidly obtaining in a precise manner numeral orgraphical indications necessary in ascertaining the build or line of aperson for whom a jacket or like garment is to be made. This corsetassembly comprises a corset having a neck and shoulder harness includinga rear portion and two front portions, and a neck and shoulder band, twoshoulder tabs secured on said neck and shoulder band and extended on theshoulder, and pliant strips articulated on said neck and shoulder bandand said shoulder tabs, for adjusting for supporting the corset.

The object of the present invention is to provide improvements,modifications and additions for this corset assembly, so as to renderthe use thereof more accurate and simpler.

In accordance with an important feature of the assembly invention, theneck and shoulder band and the shoulder tabs of this corset assemblyform a one-piece structure covering the rear portion of the neck and thelateral portions of which cover the shoulder 2.

In accordance with further features:

Each of said lateral portions carries two graduated pliant stripsarticulated on said lateral portion, and the inner strip (i.e. thatwhich is the nearest to the neck) is connected to the upper edge of thefront portion of the corset by means of a sliding clamp, as in saidapplication, but the outer strip hangs freely and is not secured to thisupper edge, this edge being, at this location, secured to said lateralportion of the neck and shoulder band by an extendable resilient member,such as a rubber or rubber-thread fabric tape.

Moreover, both front and rear parts of the corset are interconnected oneither side by a gusset, the edges of which are, at the upper endthereof, fixedly secured, and on the remnant of their length, removablysecured by means of a sliding closure which thus extends from thearm-hole and up to the lower edge of the corset, the edges of both frontand rear portions thus being capable of moving freely apart on a part oftheir length, from the bottom when a portion of the sliding closure isopened, the thus-obtained fullness being limited by the width of thefabric band forming the gusset, which connects the adjacent edges ofthese two front and rear portions.

In the accompanying drawing:

FIG. 1 shows the modified corset assembly designed in accordance withthe present invention and seen from the front, and,

FIG. 2 shows the same corset assembly seen substantially from the rear.

In accordance with the illustrated embodiment, the corset assemblycomprises the corset 101 and the harness 102. The corset hassubstantially the same shape as in said application, i.e. that of aWaistcoat formed of an indeformable strong fabric, and generallycomprises a rear part 103 which may be designed from a plurality ofpieces sewn or stitched together, and two front portions 104, the frontedges 104a of which can be removably secured to each other by means ofan attachment device 105, such as buttons or clips, comprising severalattachment positions such as 10 5a, 105b, 1050, enabling these edges tobe overlapped to a smaller or greater extent. These front portions areconnected at the rear part thereof in a permanent way, such as bystitching, by the upper portions thereof, adjacent the arm-holes 106, onthe entire remaining part of their length, the lateral edges 103a and 10th of these rear and front portions are linked by means of a gusset 107comprised by a fabric band 108 stitched at the edges 103a, 104b.

Ecah of these gussets can be closed and opened by means of a slidingclosure 109, the two members of which are permanently secured, at theupper end thereof, whereby the gusset can be gradually opened from thebottom or on a more or less extended portion thereof, the slider of theclosure being indicated by the reference numeral 110.

The corset is suspended, at the front and at .the rear of the neck andshoulder harness 102 comprising a band 111 of strong fabric or felt,suitably cut out and extending on a rear part of the neck at 112 andlaterally at 113 on the shoulders up to the points thereof.

The connection between the rear part 103 of the corset and the neck andshoulder harness is effected (FIG. 2) by means of three graduatedflexible and adjustable strips 114, the median strip 114 being attachedto the mide-point of the upper edge 115 of the rear part, while thelateral or side strips 114 are attached to the lateral ends of thisupper edge 115, the securement of the strips on the rear part of thecorset being effected by means of sliding clamps 116, similar to thosedisclosed in said application.

Each of the front parts 104 (FIG. 1) is suspended from the correspondingside portion 115 of the harness by means of a strip 117 adjustablyattached to the inner end of the upper edge 118 of said front portion104 by means of a sliding clamp 119 similar to the clamps 116.

Moreover, the outer side of the edge 118 is attached to the side portion113 by an extendable resilient band 120, eg, of rubber or very flexiblerubber-thread fabric. Finally, a graduated flexible strip 121, identicalto the strips 114 and 117, is secured to the side portion 113 of theharness, adjacent the end thereof, and hangs freely, extending up to thebottom of the upper edge 118 of the corset.

This corset assembly can be use substantially as that disclosed in saidapplication, the adjustment of the corset being performed from the rearby means of the three sliding clamps 116, and from the front, by meansof the two sliding clamps 119 and owing to the flexibility of the bands120 having a variable rate of extension in accordance with the build ofthe person wearing the corset.

The various readings made on the graduated rear strips 114, 1-15 andfront strips after the adjustment of the corset, as well as on the strip121 which are in a confronting relationship with the upper edges 118,provide the necessary information, enabling a correct marking of theupper part of the garment to be effected. The travel of the sliders 110enables the lower periphery of the corset to have a more or lessconsiderable fullness, in accordance with the shape and size of theabdominal region of the wearer.

The invention is not restricted to the illustrated and describedembodiment, which has been chosen merely by way of an example.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. Adjustable corset assembly for tailors shops, adapted to be tried ona customers body to determine the alterations to be made on a normalgarment outline, to be traced on a cloth by means of a patterncorresponding to said corset assembly in its normal state, said corsetassembly comprising, on the one hand a corset having a rear portion andtwo front portions, and, on the other hand, a neck and shoulder harness;said harness comprising: a neck and shoulder band having a middle bandportion adapted to surround the rear part of the neck and adjustablyconnected to the inner upper edges of said front portions of the corset,respectively, two pliant outer front measuring strips articulated to theouter ends of said side band portions and freely hanging against theupper parts of -said front portions of the "corset, two pliant outerrear measuring strips articulated to the outer ends of said 'sidebandportions and 'adjustably connected respectively to the outer 'ends ofthe upper edge of said rear portions of the corset, and a pliant middlerear measuring strip articulated to the middle of said neck band and themiddleof the upper edge of said rear portion of the 15 corset.

2. Adjustable corset assembly according to claim 1 further comprisingtwo elastic strips connecting respectively the outer edges of said sideband portions to the outer ends of the upper edges of said frontportions of 5 the corset.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS633,654- Melick Sept. 26, 1899 1,222,012 Meas Apr. 10, 1917 2,615,250Fessler Oct. 28, 1952 2,716,817 Franklin Sept. 6-, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS10,006 Great Britain Mar. 14, 1907

1. ADJUSTABLE CORSET ASSEMBLY FOR TAILORS'' SHOPS, ADAPTED TO BE TRIEDON A CUSTOMER''S BODY TO DETERMINE THE ALTERATIONS TO BE MADE ON ANORMAL GARMENT OUTLINE, TO BE TRACED ON A CLOTH BY MEANS OF A PATTERNCORRESPONDING TO SAID CORSET ASSEMBLY IN ITS NORMAL STATE, SAID CORSETASSEMBLY COMPRISING, ON THE ONE HAND A CORSET HAVING A REAR PORTION ANDTWO FRONT PORTIONS, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, A NECK AND SHOULDER HARNESS;SAID HARNESS COMPRISING: A NECK AND SHOULDER BAND HAVING A MIDDLE BANDPORTION ADAPTED TO SURROUND THE REAR PART OF THE NECK AND TWO SIDE BANDPORTIONS ADAPTED TO COVER THE UPPER SIDE OF THE SHOULDERS OF THE PERSONFOR WHOM THE GARMENT IS BEING MADE, TWO PLIANT INNER FRONT MEASURINGSTRIPS ARTICULATED TO THE INNER ENDS OF SAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS ANDADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO THE INNER UPPER EDGES OF SAID FRONT PORTIONS OFTHE CORSET, RESPECTIVELY, TWO PLIANT OUTER FRONT MEASURING STRIPSARTICULATED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS AND FREELYHANGING AGAINST THE UPPER PARTS OF SAID FRONT PORTIONS OF THE CORSET,TWO PLIANT OUTER REAR MEASURING STRIPS ARTICULATED TO THE OUTER ENDS OFSAID SIDE BAND PORTIONS AND ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO THEOUTER ENDS OF THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PORTIONS OF THE CORSET, AND APLIANT MIDDLE REAR MEASURING STRIP ARTICULATED TO THE MIDDLE OF SAIDNECK BAND AND THE MIDDLE TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID REAR PORTION OF THECORSET.